Transcriber's Note

MY FIRST CAMPAIGN.

BOSTON:
WRIGHT & POTTER, PRINTERS, 4 SPRING LANE.
1863.

PREFACE.

At the earnest request of many of my comrades of the Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers, I am induced to publish this narrative, which, with very little addition or alteration, I have copied entire from my private journal. This was written under many disadvantages during a campaign of unusual hardships and privations. Hoping it may prove of use, as a reference, to many of my companions, who from the very nature of the campaign, found it impossible to keep a record, is the only apology I have to offer for publishing a work of this nature.

Diamond Hill, R. I., August, 1863.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I....[5]
CHAPTER II....[24]
CHAPTER III....[41]
CHAPTER IV....[59]
CHAPTER V....[72]
CHAPTER VI....[88]
CHAPTER VII....[108]
CHAPTER VIII....[117]
CHAPTER IX....[125]
CHAPTER X....[130]
CHAPTER XI....[134]